The headlines are loaded with corporate security breaches. While most large companies have proper security systems in place, it still keeps happening with alarming frequency. These are not mom-and-pop companies, either; these are multimillion dollars corporations that should have known better. From 2009 to 2010, for example, the social media giant Twitter had eight of […]
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If you watch any of the reality televisions shows – stick with me here – that involve the creative process, Project Runway comes to mine, you’ll notice that when contestants do poorly usually it’s due to a lack of editing. We tend to have the attitude that “more is better” and when we’re faced with […]
I love it when major social currents come together and that’s just what has happened to me recently: I’m simplifying and decluttering my personal life and getting a taste of a “work from home” business many others are pursuing full time. I live in a big house that has afforded me the space to keep a rather […]
When asked why he robbed banks, underworld mythology says Willie Sutton answered, “Because that’s where the money is.” The veracity of that quote is certainly in doubt. However, there’s no doubt that your business should be diving into the world of universal payments. Not long ago on these pages, I touched on this issue with […]